The Mafia Wants Me

Chapter 27

I was walked down to a dark hallway and i traced my hand against the wall and it felt cold and scratchy like cement. Lucas stopped at a iron gated door and opened it which made a giant creaking sound like nails on a chalk board. He pushed me inside and before i could even say a word he closed it and locked the door. 

Running towards the door,  he left without a word and I shook it in frustration. "ugh!!!!" I yelled. Looking around there was nothing there but a small cot  with a smelly mattress and dirty bucket. There was a tiny window with iron bars on it there was a males hoodie with 2 red dice on the friont and back and matching  blood red sweat pants on the bed. I was so cold and grateful for the clothing. 

throwing off my shoes. I quickly put the hoodie and pants on over my clothes to stay warm and noticed  there was a full hallway full of rooms just like mine but to dark to make out if people were in them. "help!!!!! help me!!!!!" I screamed with rage   jumped, suddenly hearing a sharp voice come out from the room across from mine "ssssssshhhhhhhhh your gonna get us killed!!!" 

"hello? who's there?" I said trying to see inside the room but it was to dark to make out of anything. 

"uh.... I'm pepper" she said walking to the door in the light so i could see her face. Pepper had light brown messy hair that went down to her shoulders and needed a brush. She had pale skin and brown almond eyes. Pepper looked like she hasn't taken a shower recently cause her hair was oily and dirty but she was pretty. 

 lashing out all my anger onto pepper I whisper sharply "getting killed is the one thing im begging for right now! you have no idea what i have been through so don't tell me to calm down!! I am calm, perfectly calm!"

"ok ok jeez sorry" she said with sass that reminded me of Merdith. How i missed her so much. 

We both sat on the floor as close as we could against our doors and  we talked quietly of course and I found out pepper was taken by a human traffic gang and she got sold a couple times some better then others until Mario bought her and she has been working for his every need for 2 years. She is only 16 years old and before she got kidnapped her parents didn't care about her so they let mario keep her instead of paying a ransom. 

I felt bad for her that she had to go through that and I wanted to give her a hug so badly. I promised her   if brayden recuses me  I will take her with me. She looked up  and you could see in her eyes she had given up hope a long time ago. 

"promise?" she said reaching her hand out and had a pinky finger sticking up. I fit my hand through the bar and grabbed her pinky with mine making a pinky promise. 

"i promise. we will get out of here" With that we both said good night and I laid in my cot which felt like a plank of wood uncomfortable praying that brayden was on his way to get me and my new friend pepper soon. then I fell asleep curling to the side away from the door quietly sobbing so pepper doesn't hear me and i wake her up